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Mountain biodiversity and elevational gradients [PDF]
Frontiers of Biogeography, 2021 Mountains are excellent systems for studying species responses to changing conditions because climatic conditions and related productivity measures change rapidly over short distances (Körner 2007). Mountains also often have high biodiversity and ...
Vetaas, Ole R., Vetaas, Ole R.,
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Geomorphic controls on elevational gradients of species richness. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2016 Elevational gradients of biodiversity have been widely investigated, and yet a clear interpretation of the biotic and abiotic factors that determine how species richness varies with elevation is still elusive.
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Global patterns of protection of elevational gradients in mountain ranges. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2018 Significance Mountain ranges constitute biodiversity hotspots, and montane species are shifting their ranges in elevation in response to climate change.
Elsen PR, Monahan WB, Merenlender AM.
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Elevational gradients in oak defences and herbivory [PDF]
, 2020 Elevational gradients are powerful tools to study the co-evolution between plants and insect herbivores. Classical theory holds that higher abundance and diversity of herbivores at low elevations leads to stronger selection on plant defences ...
Cortegoso Galmán, Andrea
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The Distribution of Insects along Elevational Gradients
Oikos, 1990 The distribution of insects along elevational gradients is controversial. Recent long- term sampling studies have concluded that mid-elevational peaks in species richness identified previously may have come from the short-term sampling regimes employed ...
McCoy, Earl D.
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Ecological ProcessesBackground Understanding the patterns and processes of species distributions has long remained a central focus of biogeographical and ecological research. While the evidence for elevational patterns in species richness is widespread, our understanding of
Abhishek Kumar +3 more
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Elevational Gradients Impose Dispersal Limitation on Streptomyces. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2022 Dispersal governs microbial biogeography, but the rates and mechanisms of dispersal remain poorly characterized for most microbial taxa. Dispersal limitation is driven by limits on dissemination and establishment, respectively. Elevation gradients create striking patterns of biogeography because they produce steep environmental gradients at small ...
Hariharan J, Buckley DH.
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Morphological Strategies in Ant Communities along Elevational Gradients in Three Mountain Ranges
DiversitySpecies traits often vary in a coordinated manner, making up an ecological strategy comprised of suites of interrelated traits. Environmental gradients, such as those along elevational gradients, provide an ideal venue in which to examine variation in ...
Heloise Gibb +6 more
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Abundance of Montane Salamanders Over an Elevational Gradient [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Climate change is expected to systematically alter the distribution and poEurycea pulation dynamics of species around the world. The effects are expected to be particularly strong at high latitudes and elevations, and for ectothermic species with small ranges and limited movement potential, such as salamanders in the southern ...
Daniel J. Hocking +3 more
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Soil Microbial Communities Along Elevational Gradients in the Sky Islands
, 2023 The Madrean Sky Islands are mountain ranges isolated by a ‘desert sea’. This area is a biodiversity hotspot currently threatened by climate change. Here, we studied soil microbial communities along elevational gradients in eight Madrean Sky Islands in ...
Martinez, Adalee
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